 One great cause of our insensibility to the goodness of the Creator is, the very extensiveness of his bounty. We prize but little what we share only in common with the rest, or with the generality of our species. When we hear of blessings, we think forthwith...  Five Years in an English University - Σελίδα 376των Charles Astor Bristed - 1852Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1842 - 326 σελίδες
...Example'2. " One great cause of our insensibility to the goodness of the Creator is the very extensireness of his bounty. We prize but little, what we share...forthwith of successes, of prosperous fortunes, of honors, riches, preferments, ie of those advantages and superiorities over others, which we happen... | |
 | 1842 - 538 σελίδες
...also, has been expressed, in my frequent hearing, in rather strong terms. GOODNESS OF THE CREATOR. TPH ONE great cause of our insensibility to the goodness...in common with the rest, or with the generality of the species. When we hear of blessings, we think forthwith of successes, of prosperous fortunes, of... | |
 | William Paley - 1843 - 400 σελίδες
...reversed, our attention would be called to examples of health and competency, instead of disease and want. One great cause of our insensibility to the goodness...prosperous fortunes, of honours, riches, preferments, i. e; of those advantages and superiorities over others, which we happen either to possess, or to be... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1843 - 326 σελίδες
...that we hold of his hand, and during his pleasure, and out of the fulness of his care." Example 2. " One great cause of our insensibility to the goodness...forthwith of successes, of prosperous fortunes, of honors, riches, preferments, ie of those advantages and superiorities over others, which we happen... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 σελίδες
...competency, instead of disease and want. 5 One great cause of our insensibility to the goodness of our Creator, is the very extensiveness of his bounty....species. When we hear of blessings, we think forthwith of successes,—of prosperous fortunes,—of honours, riches, preferments; ie of those advan1 Hume, Of... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1844 - 380 σελίδες
...calculated to lead our affections to God were made manifest in Christ. Archdeacon Paley justly remarks, " One great cause of our insensibility to the goodness...extensiveness of his bounty. We prize but little what we share ill common with the rest, or with the generality of our species. When we hear of blessings, we think... | |
 | 1847 - 614 σελίδες
...bounty. We prize but little what we share only in common with the rest or with the generality of the species. When we hear of blessings, we think forthwith...prosperous fortunes, of honours, riches, preferments, namely of those advantages and superiorities over others, which we happen either to possess, or to... | |
 | William Paley - 1849 - 306 σελίδες
...reversed, our attention would be called to examples of health and competency, instead of disease and want. One great cause of our insensibility to the goodness...prosperous fortunes, of honours, riches, preferments— that is, of those advantages and superiorities over others which we happen either to possess, or to... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 σελίδες
...proceeds it that men conceive but slightly of him. [St John's College Voluntary Classical, 1844.] 144. ONE great cause of our insensibility to the goodness...in common with the rest, or with the generality of out species. When we hear of blessings, we think forthwith of successes, of prosperous fortunes, of... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1852 - 324 σελίδες
...that we hold of his hand, and during his pleasure, and out of the fulness of his care." Example 2. " One great cause of our insensibility to the goodness...we share only in common with the rest, or with the gen erality of our species. When we hear of blessings, we think forthwith of successes, of prosperous... | |
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